Saturday, January 31, 2009

Acid Reflux Disease: Home Remedies Can Help You

By Marvin Harris

Do you ever have a burning sensation in your chest at night? It is an uncontrollable feeling in your chest and a funny taste in the back of your mouth. Then you have Acid Reflux Disease. This is usually worse at night when you lie down and can keep you awake! Believe it or not there are many home remedies which can help you with the pain.

There are ordinary items which you find in your kitchen cupboards at home which can help you to overcome the burning sensation in your chest and the taste at the back of your mouth.

Let us think about what causes acid reflux in the first place. In your stomach there is hydrochloric acid which helps you to digest your food. This is released every time you eat. If you add a very acidic diet on top of this, then you are adding more acid to this and it builds up until eventually there is nowhere for it to go but back up!

So you feel a burning sensation in your chest and then you can taste your stomach juices in the back of your throat. Wow, it is making me feel ill just thinking about it!

Luckily for you if you take things which will counteract this acid build up, then you can calm your burning throat and oesophagus. The most important consideration is to cut down the acid content of your diet. Unfortunately you should probably cut out citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons from your diet, caffeine and alcohol. But to cause immediate relief when you experience the heartburn.

Amazingly, drinking apple cider vinegar is thought to help. I know, adding an acid to an acid? But research suggests that by adding the acid in the vinegar actually helps your stomach contents to digest and helps to ease the symptoms. Many fruits are also beneficial. These include figs and apple and papaya.

In summary then, Acid reflux disease is commonly characterized by heartburn or a burning sensation in the chest which usually occurs after a meal or when lying down on your back. Acid reflux disease may also complicate the voice box, and the throat causing them to inflame. It is certainly a serious medical condition.

Fortunately many cases, even severe ones, of acid reflux disease can be minimized or totally eliminated simply by making sure to include routine common items into the daily diet. For innocence, there are actually served in types of apples that can be included in your ordinary diet and eating just a couple of slices at a time that are extremely effective in eliminating the pain and discomfort of acid reflux disease. - 16650

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